We’re back with swimming’s TopTenTweets presented by Arena, where we round up the best of the swimming Twitterverse. This week, we’ve got out 19 favorite tweets of 2019.
Featured Instagram Post of the Week:
Happy Olympic year!
19.
https://twitter.com/YannickAgnel/status/1153183209108066306?s=20
Heyyyy we recognize that font! Top-notch analysis from Yannick.
18.
Sarah Thomas dedicated her swim to "all the survivors out there"after completing treatment for breast cancer a year ago
this morning Sarah became the first person to swim the English Channel 4 times non-stop#channelswimmer #nevergiveup #sarahthomas @Sarahswims04 @AnastasiaSwim pic.twitter.com/lZfGWBbNpJ— Big Ricks Swim Team (@RicksSwim) September 17, 2019
What a shot.
17.
*finishes a 200 fly*
Announcer: The results are unofficial.
Me trying to play it cool despite not touching a single wall with two hands:
— Justin Wright (@THE_MrRight) June 3, 2019
Justin’s honesty is refreshing.
16.
Age 17: 16:50 in the SCY mile. Age 21: 15:54. Last night, at age 29, unshaved + at the end of a 70K+ training week, I went 15:30.9. Young athletes: there are multiple trajectories to success, and there is no predetermined age at which you reach full potential. Keep working hard.
— Ashley Twichell (@atwich616) March 11, 2019
Just wild.
15.
A play in three acts (yes that was actually my best time) pic.twitter.com/dTnCGaOwKs
— Andrew Gemmell (@ADGemmell) July 9, 2019
Brother of the year?
14.
Best job? #FINASwimSeries pic.twitter.com/5pTWHaJMlp
— Josh Christensen (@IndStSwimCoach) June 2, 2019
BEST. JOB.
13.
When you get selected for the freestyle relay again but not the medley https://t.co/m3YPt2fmx7
— Josh Prenot (@JoshPrenot) May 31, 2019
Good practice?
12.
https://twitter.com/kfortegon/status/1088480125925158912?s=20
So this was universal, huh.
11.
Touring around with @RussWhitakerWSU.. found some iconic statues inspired by the first ever swim coaches pic.twitter.com/2pDz8hEcRB
— Bex Freebairn (@BexFreebairn) August 8, 2019
Swim coach humor doesn’t always hit. But when it does? It HITS hits.
10.
I’m watching swimming. FYI.
— Anders Holm (@ders808) March 9, 2019
It’s really not swimming’s championship season until Anders Holm is watching.
9.
https://twitter.com/heldilox/status/1117221787392204805?s=20
Hero.
8.
me to myself when the consequences of my own actions start rolling in https://t.co/uCxisOS31o
— mads (@m_blakesley) June 15, 2019
The clear winner of the caption contest.
7.
I am really proud of my son at this swim meet- he ended up finishing well before the first playoff game kicked off today.
— McNeil (@Reflog_18) January 13, 2019
Priorities.
6.
*swims 25k today
I don’t think so ma dude https://t.co/79AFsLCnfs— Erica Sullivan (@erica_sully) July 19, 2019
Oh, and can we add that she is a teenager, was the top five in the world in the 1500, and swam her first 25K at the world’s biggest swimming event outside of the Olympics? This thread got big. Lots of blue checkmarks in that man’s mentions.
4.
https://twitter.com/awil5504/status/1110986453603880960
Andrew Wilson is six feet tall, for reference.
3.
Man it feels good to oficially be recognized as the fastest man ever, but I was faster than that in practice last week with Joseph Schooling chained to my ankles #NCAASwimDive
— [Not] Dean Farris (@NotDeanFarris) March 28, 2019
Many levels of SwimSwam comment culture at work here.
2.
https://twitter.com/RadaOwen/status/1111707145555202050
From Durden’s pure excitement to the four guys immediately jumping to pick him up (and of course Carr’s very fast swim), we love every single part of this. Our Instagram post of the same video was our sixth most-liked post in the last year.
1.
No, it wasn’t first but it certainly beats sitting at home watching from the couch! #backinthewater #teamspeedo pic.twitter.com/xPGEzNIPyc
— Nathan Adrian (@Nathangadrian) May 18, 2019
Legend.
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Where did the joseph schooling practice joke come from? I see it many times here
Back at 2017 US Nationals, Caeleb Dressel swam 50.87 in the 100m fly, which was a big surprise. Note that before therace, we always thought he was a free sprinter. A few days/weeks later, Joe claimed that he swam a 50.7 at practice in reaction to Caeleb’s swim but he has yet to swim that kind of time in a meet. Basically, Joe is being mocked every time that kind of comment is made.
Thanks for explaining. The ‘Joseph Schooling chained to my ankles’ twit is funny by its own but now it got better lol.
Justin Wright: admits to not touching a single wall in 200 fly with two hands
SwimSwam commenters: lol
Lilly King: dq’d on a close call for non-simultaneous touch
SwimSwam commenters: SHE’S A CHEATER!! SHE’S ALWAYS BEEN A CHEATER!! OFF WITH HER HEAD!!
IT WAS ONE TIME 😭 I didn’t even protest the DQ either
King did it at Worlds.
Madison’s should be number 1, that was the SwimSwam comment section twitter moment of the year. And Bryce’s would make a perfect 20th.
How much did Madison pay you to say this